Although the actual "blood curse" first starts later (between two brothers named Atreus and Thyestes) with betrayal and revenge all amongst family members, I believe that it all started with Tantalus, a barbarian whose spirits haunt the Oresteia. ... The actual blood curse in the house of Atreus, which I mentioned earlier, was started by the a feud between two brothers, Atreus and Thyestes.Thyestes betrays his brother by seducing his wife, whereas Atreus takes revenge on Thyestes and feeds his sons to him. ... But she has betrayed her own family including her father and brother, and therefore ...

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"After a painful search I found one cure: I acted at once. I sent Creon, my wife's own brother, to Delphi- Apollo the Prophet's oracle- to learn what I might do or say to save our city" (Sophocles 601). ... Tiresias foresees the tragedy that is to be revealed and although hesitant in bringing the truth forward, he eventually reveals that the murderer is a native Theban who is son and husband to his wife, as well as brother and father to his own children, and the murderer of his own father. ... It comes to light that Oedipus was not the son of the king of Corinth but had been found w...

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Weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq and the U.S. ... Antigone followed natural law and buried her brother, Polynices" body. ... When Creon found out that it was Antigone who buried the body he sentenced her to death, as he had previously decreed. ... If weapons of mass destruction were found and the events of September 11th never happened, then the U.S. may have handled the latter situation differently; they may not have pursued it so strongly. ...

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When Oedipus finds out that he is the murderer of King Laius he does not believe that this could be possible, he thinks that it is Creon, his brother in law and unlce, and the profit Tiresias plotting against him to gain the throne. ... If, in the present dangerous situation, he thinks that I have injured him in any way, by word or deed, let me not live out of the rest of my days with such a reputation." (33) Oedipus eventually found out that his accusation toward Creon was incorrect and this left him in shambles, for Oedipus then had to find out what really did happen to King Laius. ... Th...

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Yet I have found nowhere To leave my misery I am a girl who speaks to you But horns are on my head. ... All the strange Sea creatures, including Zeus's brother, the master of the Sea Poseidon joined them. ... They found that the owner was indeed had abundant stock and food so being hungry, they helped themselves and ate and drank as they waited for their host to return. ...

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Her father was furious when he found out she was pregnant and out of anger puts Danae in a chest and sends her out to sea. ... Dictys' brother, Polydectes wants to marry Danae and decides to attempt to kill Perseus. ... The Greeks began to strategize and found out that in order to conquer the Trojans; they would need to get inside the city of Troy. ...

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As the night dawns, Orestes is approached by a messenger that his father has been found murdered. ... It ends with Electra asking her brother, was it worth having a life full of suffering by avenging their father by killing their mother. ...

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Yet his own culture and the city of his Caesar were founded upon success in battle and Virgil therefore depicts war as a way for men to win glory for themselves and their families. ... Numanus, brother-in-law to Turnus, taunts the Trojans as thus, "Your delight is in dancing and idleness. ...

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The evil character Scar bears much resemblance to Creon, Jocasta's brother who became ruler by default and brought destruction to Thebas. ... Sigmund Freud, in his research in dream analysis, discovered infantile sexuality and founded the 'Oedipus complex', which constitutes the erotic attachment of the child for the parent of the opposite sex, together with hostility towards the other parent. ...

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Greek Gods and Goddesses There were two types of Olympic Gods: Celestial Deities and Earth Deities. The Celestial Deities dwelled on Mount Olympus while the Earth Deities resided on, or under, Earth. There were twelve Olympic Gods; however, because the tales of these gods started out orally, t...

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